Wumengtang Collection: Volume 1 and Volume 2

Author: Ye Shaoyuan (Ming Dynasty)
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Publishing Date: 1998-11-01
Features: During the Ming Dynasty, among the women who excelled in literature, the most outstanding were from the Ye family of Wujiang. The entire family collaborated in poetry and song, entertaining themselves. The Complete Collection of theDream Chamber is a carefully compiled anthology of poems and prose by Ye Shaoyuan for his wife and daughters, among others, published in the ninth year of the Chongzhen era (1636). It includes seven collections of poetry and prose by Ye Shaoyuan's wife and children, as well as two other selected anthologies. In addition to works by Ye himself, it preserves the works of nearly a hundred other authors, making it an extremely valuable resource for studying late Ming society, literature, human relationships, and customs.